Psalms 119:79

Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

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Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

BSB

May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.

ASV

Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.

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יָשׁוּבוּ ya·shu·vu let them turn H7725 לִי li to me H9030 יְרֵאֶיךָ ye·re·'ei·kha [those] fearing you H3373 וְיֹדְעֵי ve·yo·de·'ei and [those who] know H3045 עֵדֹתֶיךָ 'e·do·tei·kha (of) testimonies your H5713

The early church

"Let such as fear You," he says, "and have known Your testimonies, be turned unto me" [Psalm 119:79]. But who is he who says this? For no mortal will venture to say this, or if he say it, should be listened to. Indeed, it is He who above also has interposed His own words, saying, "I am a partaker with all them that fear You." Because He was made sharer in our mortal state, that we might also become partakers in His Divine Nature, we became sharers in One unto life, He a sharer in many unto death. He it is unto whom they that fear God turn, and who know the testimonies of God, so long before predicted of Him through the Prophets, a little before displayed in His presence through miracles.

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 73–80

God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and compassion. The mercies of God are tender mercies; the mercies of a father, the compassion of a mother to her son. They come to us when we are not able to go to them. Causeless reproach does not hurt, and should not move us. The psalmist could go on in the way of his duty, and find comfort in it. He valued the good will of saints, and was desirous to keep up his communion with them. Soundness of heart signifies sincerity in dependence on God, and devotedness to him.

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